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JACR Call for Papers: Flash COVID-19 Research Issue
Attention ACR members and colleagues: JACR plans to publish a special Flash COVID-19 Research Issue for rapid dissemination of timely research that can be used to inform policies and to stimulate ongoing research related to how societies deal with pandemics. The issue will be edited by JACR Editor-in-Chief Angela Lee (Northwestern University) and Guest Editor Kelly Goldsmith (Vanderbilt University). The submission deadline is July 6, 2020. For details on the scope and timeline for the issue, visit https://www.journals.uchicago.
April 01, 2020
JACR Deadline Extension
Deadline extension for JACR issue: Addiction and Maladaptive Consumption
March 10, 2020
ACR Paris 2020 - COVID-19 Update
2020 conference chairs and the ACR leadership team have been closely monitoring the COVID-19 situation and making contingency plans should the spread of the virus continue into the fall.
March 04, 2020
JACR #1 in Financial Times Ranking of Impactful Papers
ACR is delighted to announce that in an analysis of impactful research, the 2017 JACR article, “Brain Drain: The Mere Presence of One’s Own Smartphone Reduces Available Cognitive Capacity” by Adrian Ward, Kristen Duke, Ayelet Gneezy and Maarten Bos came in as #1 by a huge margin.
February 17, 2020
JPP&M received the most acknowledgements for the inaugural Responsible Research in Marketing awards.
We congratulate: Jesse R. Catlin, Connie Pechmann, Eric P. Brass, Sonya A. Grier, Vanessa G. Perry, Cait Lamberton, Ronald P. Hill, Kelly Martin, and Kristen L. Walker.
January 30, 2020
ACR Fellow and Founder, Dr. Jag Sheth has been honored by India's Prime Minister with the Padma Bhushan Award
One of our very own - ACR Fellow and Founder, Dr. Jag Sheth has been honored by India's Prime Minister with the Padma Bhushan Award in recognition for his international contributions to education. It is given for "distinguished service of the highest order ..."
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